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Waitress Tending Table in McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House.
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Spice Collection

Date: 09 09 1943
Description: Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef, proudly displaying his spice collection.
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Cook with Ice Sculpture

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Ottoman Parrhysius, cold meat cook at the Loraine Hotel, posing with a parrot ice sculpture that he created.
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Cooking Turkey

Date: 11 23 1932
Description: Blanche Taylor, dietician at Madison General Hospital, testing turkey in commercial oven in hospital kitchen.
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Rennebohm Pies

Date: 1979
Description: An unidentified Rennebohm Drug Stores, Inc., food service worker prepares to wrap three creme pies.
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Henry L. Krehl at Soda Fountain

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Seventy-six-year old Henry L. Krehl, believed to the be city's oldest soda jerk, at the soda fountain of his brother August W. "Doc" Krehl's drug store, 40...
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Chana Bebczuk Comins and Coworker

Date: 02 19 1980
Description: Portrait of Chana Bebczuk Comins and coworker at Bev's Cafe.
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Jessa's Last Co-Op Workday

Date: 2006
Description: Portrait of a woman, Jessa, with a red and black tattoo on her arm, posing in front of a white wall. Taken during her last day working at a La Crosse food ...
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Northwestern Railroad Chef William Hellman

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: William "Bill" Hellman, chef on the Northwestern Railroad's Madison-Chicago passenger run, on the train as he is preparing his last meal for the railroad a...
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Break-A-Way — Interior

Date: 06 01 2001
Description: "Our waitress at the Break-A-Way was Lu Ann. Although the fish were very good, we waited over an hour for our food, probably the slowest service we have ex...
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JD's Fieldhouse — Interior

Date: 02 14 2003
Description: "Breanna joined Shirley when we visited JD's Fieldhouse in Caledonia."
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J.O.'s in Kewaskum

Date: 04 07 2006
Description: "Scoot Pastorius is shown with our Fish Fry's outside of J.O.'s, at 334 Main Street, Kewaskum. J.O.'s is primarily a take-out business."
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John's — Interior

Date: 10 19 2007
Description: "Elizabeth was our waitress at John's in Beaver Dam."
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Mrs. R.K. Boutwell, Dietition

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Portrait of Mrs. R.K. Boutwell, U.W. Elizabeth Waters Hall dietition.
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Time Is Precious

Date: 2013
Description: The hostess at a Perkins Restaurant smiling for a candid portrait. She has a “Time Is Precious” tattoo below her left collarbone, and is wearing a scoop-ne...
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Kitchen in a Logging Camp

Date: 1890
Description: Interior view of a kitchen in a logging camp with light coming in from a window on the far right. Two men are posing standing, and another man is sitting i...
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Tommy Thompson and Darleen Tennessen

Date: 08 31 1999
Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson folding a kringle. This image appeared in The Chippewa Herald on August 31, 1999. The caption read: "Darleen Tenne...
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Tom & Jerry Batter at Karabis Tavern

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Description: A Karabis Tavern employee wearing a paper hat and white coat fills Tom & Jerry batter containers in a kitchen or preparation area.
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Joel Holloway

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Description: Joel Holloway sitting at a counter with a bowl of soup and a beer at Mother's Pub.
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Teens Work Summer Job at Monona Drive-In

Date: 05 23 1958
Description: James Fernan, 3522 Dennett Drive (left), and Harold Hemel, 738 Lansing Street (right) serving up root beer at a Monona drive-in.

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